bridoonn.
/brᵻˈduːn/, U.S. /brəˈdun/ A type of light snaffle bit, typically used in conjunction with a curb bit in a double bridle.
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kevela1300
barnaclea1382
bitc1385
molanc1400
bridle bit1438
snafflea1533
titup1537
bastonet?1561
cannon?1561
scatch1565
cannon bit1574
snaffle-bit1576
port mouth1589
watering snaffle1593
bell-bit1607
campanel1607
olive1607
pear-bit1607
olive-bit1611
port bit1662
neck-snaffle1686
curb-bit1688
masticador1717
Pelham1742
bridoon1744
slabbering-bit1753
hard and sharp1787
Weymouth1792
bridoon-bit1795
mameluke bit1826
Chiffney-bit1834
training bit1840
ring snaffle1850
gag-snaffle1856
segundo1860
half-moon bit1875
stiff-bit1875
twisted mouth1875
thorn-bit1886
Scamperdale1934
bit-mouth-
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of
headstallc1330
trench1480
stalk1497
musrol1551
head-strain?1561
water-chain?1561
throat band1585
cavesson1598
mullen1598
nose bit?a1600
front-stall1601
ampyx1607
chain1607
fillet1607
cheek-band1611
cheekpiece1611
noseband1611
throat thong1611
headpiece1678
throatlatch1693
headband1704
trenchefil1730
bridoon1744
banquet1753
head1756
cheek1795
throat strap1803
frontlet1805
throat-lash1805
cheekstrap1834
brow-band1844
nosepiece1865
shank1879
1744 R. Molesworth Short Course Standing Rules Govt. & Conduct Army App. 142 With the bare Saddle and Bridle, without Furniture; and (where the Riding-Master judges it necessary) with the Bridons.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) A horse never goes so well nor sure with a bridoon, unless he have been first broke to the bit.
1803 Sporting Mag. 21 220/2 A Weymouth bridle, with bit, and bradoon, is in my opinion, preferable to any other sort for the road.
1968 Encycl. Brit. XI. 708/2 The snaffle (also bridoon or bradoon)..may be jointed, twisted or straight.
2002 S. Ransford First Riding Lessons (2004) 15/1 The two bits of a double bridle are the bridoon (snaffle) and Weymouth (curb).
Compounds
General use as a modifier designating bridles or parts of bridles having or using this sort of bit, as bridoon-bit, bridoon-bridle, †bridoon head, bridoon rein, etc.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit
kevela1300
barnaclea1382
bitc1385
molanc1400
bridle bit1438
snafflea1533
titup1537
bastonet?1561
cannon?1561
scatch1565
cannon bit1574
snaffle-bit1576
port mouth1589
watering snaffle1593
bell-bit1607
campanel1607
olive1607
pear-bit1607
olive-bit1611
port bit1662
neck-snaffle1686
curb-bit1688
masticador1717
Pelham1742
bridoon1744
slabbering-bit1753
hard and sharp1787
Weymouth1792
bridoon-bit1795
mameluke bit1826
Chiffney-bit1834
training bit1840
ring snaffle1850
gag-snaffle1856
segundo1860
half-moon bit1875
stiff-bit1875
twisted mouth1875
thorn-bit1886
Scamperdale1934
bit-mouth-
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > reins
rein1297
bridle reina1382
bridea1425
linkc1450
leading-rein1483
quinsell1598
bearing rein1790
bridoon rein1795
check-reina1809
ribbon1813
ribands1815
bit-rein1833
check-piece1833
nose-rein1844
lines1852
reinage1863
check1868
overdraw1870
single line1875
overcheck1963
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 167 The Bridoon Bitt, an additional bitt..with a ring at each end for the..reins to be fastened to.
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. Gloss. 161 The Bridoon Head or Rein, is an additional bridle with a bearing rein.
1856 J. Grant Black Dragoon xxxv Every man..grasped the bridoon rein near the ring.
1897 Hampshire Advertiser 2 Oct. 7/7 In his first lessons, the recruit's horse has only on it a bridoon bridle and a nummah.
2005 R. Hairston Essent. of Horsekeeping vi. 181 The bradoon bit is meant to sit high in the horse's mouth and apply direct pressure to encourage him to carry his head higher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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